Sura al-Dukhan

44:1. Ha-Mim.

حم

44:2. By the Manifest Book.

والكتاب المبين

44:3. Indeed, We revealed it on a blessed night. And indeed, We have been warning (humankind against evil).

إنا أنزلناه في ليلة مباركة إنا كنا منذرين

44:4. On this (night), every wise matter is ordained distinctively,

فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم

44:5. as a command from Us. Indeed, We have been sending (messengers),

أمرا من عندنا إنا كنا مرسلين

44:6. as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,

رحمة من ربك إنه هو السميع العليم

44:7. the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, if only you had sure faith.

رب السماوات والأرض وما بينهما إن كنتم موقنين

44:8. There is no god except Him. He (alone) gives life and causes death. (He is) your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.

لا إله إلا هو يحيي ويميت ربكم ورب آبائكم الأولين

44:9. Nay, they are playing around in doubt.

بل هم في شك يلعبون

44:10. So keep waiting for the Day when the sky brings an evident smoke.

فارتقب يوم تأتي السماء بدخان مبين

44:11. That will engulf the people. (They will cry out:) ‘This is a painful punishment.’

يغشى الناس هذا عذاب أليم

44:12. ‘Our Lord! Remove from us this punishment. Truly, we are believers.’

ربنا اكشف عنا العذاب إنا مؤمنون

44:13. How could there be a reminder (beneficial for them on that Day) when a clear Messenger had already come to them?

أنى لهم الذكرى وقد جاءهم رسول مبين

44:14. But they turned away from him and said: ‘(He is) a tutored madman.’

ثم تولوا عنه وقالوا معلم مجنون

44:15. We may remove the punishment a little, but you will surely revert (to your earlier ways).

إنا كاشفوا العذاب قليلا إنكم عائدون

44:16. The Day when We will strike (them) with the most terrible blow, We will indeed inflict retribution (upon them).

يوم نبطش البطشة الكبرى إنا منتقمون

44:17. Indeed, We tested the people of Pharaoh before them when a noble messenger came to them,

ولقد فتنا قبلهم قوم فرعون وجاءهم رسول كريم

44:18. (saying:) ‘Deliver the servants of Allah (i.e. the Children of Israel) to me. Indeed, I am a trustworthy messenger (sent) to you.

أن أدوا إلي عباد الله إني لكم رسول أمين

44:19. And do not rebel against Allah. Indeed, I have come to you with a manifest authority.

وأن لا تعلوا على الله إني آتيكم بسلطان مبين

44:20. I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you should stone me (to death).

وإني عذت بربي وربكم أن ترجمون

44:21. If you do not believe me, keep away from me.’

وإن لم تؤمنوا لي فاعتزلون

44:22. Then he called upon his Lord, saying: ‘These are indeed guilty people.’

فدعا ربه أن هؤلاء قوم مجرمون

44:23. (Allah told him:) ‘Set out with My servants by night, for you will indeed be pursued.

فأسر بعبادي ليلا إنكم متبعون

44:24. Then leave the sea split open; they are certainly an army bound to drown.’

واترك البحر رهوا إنهم جند مغرقون

44:25. How many gardens and springs did they leave behind,

كم تركوا من جنات وعيون

44:26. and green fields and magnificent buildings,

وزروع ومقام كريم

44:27. and luxuries, in which they rejoiced!

ونعمة كانوا فيها فاكهين

44:28. So it was, and We gave it (all) to other people as an inheritance.

كذلك وأورثناها قوما آخرين

44:29. Then neither the heaven wept over them nor the earth, nor were they granted respite.

فما بكت عليهم السماء والأرض وما كانوا منظرين

44:30. And verily, We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating punishment,

ولقد نجينا بني إسرائيل من العذاب المهين

44:31. from Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a rebel among the transgressors.

من فرعون إنه كان عاليا من المسرفين

44:32. Indeed, We chose them knowingly above all the (contemporary) nations.

ولقد اخترناهم على علم على العالمين

44:33. We gave them some signs wherein there was a clear test.

وآتيناهم من الآيات ما فيه بلاء مبين

44:34. Indeed, these (Meccans) say:

إن هؤلاء ليقولون

44:35. ‘There is nothing except our first death, and we shall not be resurrected.

إن هي إلا موتتنا الأولى وما نحن بمنشرين

44:36. Bring our fathers (back to life), if you are truthful.’

فأتوا بآبائنا إن كنتم صادقين

44:37. Are they better or the people of Tubba‘* and those who were before them? We destroyed them. Indeed, they were evildoers.

* Tubba‘, like Pharaoh, Caesar and Khaqan, is the dynastic title of the Himyari King of Yemen.

أهم خير أم قوم تبع والذين من قبلهم أهلكناهم إنهم كانوا مجرمين

44:38. We did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them for play.

وما خلقنا السماوات والأرض وما بينهما لاعبين

44:39. We only created them both with a genuine reason. But most of them do not know.

ما خلقناهما إلا بالحق ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون

44:40. Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for all of them.

إن يوم الفصل ميقاتهم أجمعين

44:41. The Day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped,

يوم لا يغني مولى عن مولى شيئا ولا هم ينصرون

44:42. except for those to whom Allah has been merciful. (They will intercede for one another.) Indeed, He is the All-Mighty, the All-Merciful.

إلا من رحم الله إنه هو العزيز الرحيم

44:43. Indeed, the tree of Zaqqum,*

* It is the most bitter and vilest tree, bearing thorny fruit that grows in the depths of Hell.

إن شجرة الزقوم

44:44. will be the food of the major sinners.

طعام الأثيم

44:45. Like molten copper, it will boil in the bellies,

كالمهل يغلي في البطون

44:46. like the boiling of boiling liquid.

كغلي الحميم

44:47. (It will be commanded:) ‘Seize him and drag him to the middle of Hell.

خذوه فاعتلوه إلى سواء الجحيم

44:48. Then pour over his head the torment of boiling liquid.

ثم صبوا فوق رأسه من عذاب الحميم

44:49. Taste (this)! Indeed, you are the (self-claimed) mighty and noble!

ذق إنك أنت العزيز الكريم

44:50. Certainly, this is (the very Hell) you used to doubt.’

إن هذا ما كنتم به تمترون

44:51. Indeed, the God-conscious will be in a secure place,

إن المتقين في مقام أمين

44:52. amid gardens and springs,

في جنات وعيون

44:53. dressed in fine silk and rich brocade, sitting face to face.

يلبسون من سندس وإستبرق متقابلين

44:54. So shall it be. And We shall wed them to pure and beautiful wide-eyed maidens (of Paradise known as al-Hur al-‘In).

كذلك وزوجناهم بحور عين

44:55. Feeling comfortable and secure therein, they will call for every fruit.

يدعون فيها بكل فاكهة آمنين

44:56. There (in Paradise), they will not taste death beyond the first death (which would have passed already). And He will save them from the punishment of Hell,

لا يذوقون فيها الموت إلا الموتة الأولى ووقاهم عذاب الجحيم

44:57. as a grace from your Lord. That is the ultimate success.

فضلا من ربك ذلك هو الفوز العظيم

44:58. Indeed, We have made this (Qur’an) easy in your (own) language (O Prophet); perhaps they may become mindful of advice.

فإنما يسرناه بلسانك لعلهم يتذكرون

44:59. So wait! They (too) are certainly waiting.

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